Modal Mixture - Using Multiple Modes Over One Chord | Music Theory

This episode focuses on Modal Mixture or using multiple modes over one chord using upward and downward modulations. This episode should be watched after • Video
This incorporates modal theory with knowledge of the circle of 5ths. This is great for improvising on jazz tunes and writing contemporary classical on popular music.
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[@IntoTheBass]

This is the first "UNIVERSITY-LEVEL" music theory instructional video I've ever watched on KZbin!

[@TheBassKitty]

Welcome to the club

[@IntoTheBass]

@@TheBassKitty Still Standing the Test of TIME!! - Great Video from a Great Teacher.

[@wagohowardmusic]

I’m about 100 videos in and I’m taking my musical composition arrangement Siri and fretboard and scale knowledge to another level. Absolutely another level unreal. Gratitude I think is the word thanks for doing the hard work and explaining it the way that we understand it. Mahalo

[@Deathbycarbonation]

It’s still so hard to find actual examples of modal mixtures and not just theory. Hats off to Rick for being one of the greatest teachers on YT for years!

[@cesarederossi3903]

Thank you for all the lessons, as someone probably already said this channel is pure gold.

[@serseriherif9530]

In ottoman classical (and other modal based systems) they have been doing this modal mixture for hundreds of years, for example they mix some makam uşşak (aeolian with a 1 komma flatted 2) and segah (kind of major flavour) in almost every song in rast (ionian with 1 komma flatted 3). The main difference is that they work with 4 or 5 note groupings ('half scales') which they combine with a common note, mostly the 4th or 5th degree of the first tetra/pentachord. It's cool to see the same concept in a different context :)

[@skyzenskyluke5880]

Miran Öztürk are you turkish ?

[@CoolGoolMusic]

Probably he is mirroring an aussie in istanbul :)

[@giotheproducer2476]

I guess they do it melodically, anyway? Or they mix all those scales in a jazz-like style?

[@RizalBudiLeksono]

@@giotheproducer2476 check Tolgalhan Cogulu for examples.

[@bryanpoulsen8969]

Mind blown. Going to have to work through this a few times before I truly understand it.

[@almir...santos]

The best source of music theory. Actually, everything related to music. Thank you so much for every bit of your time doing that awesome work, Rick.

[@MattGalter]

Wow, can't wait to learn these & start writing w them. This has re-inspired me to start writing again by opening up a whole new world of musical colors to "paint" with, THANKS! Had no idea how much I still didn't know!

[@petragaffney135]

I smiled and then didn't stop smiling at 5:40 when you started the downward modulation of F Lydian augmented, F Lydian, F Ionian and F major pentatonic. I love how you bring a new approach to music. Pétra 😌

[@GeorgeSPAMTindle]

Jos, while I agree in part to what you are saying I think that a lot of players, such as Joe Satriani and Steve Vie, probably do more composing, especially of solos, using a calculator instead of their ears. That explains why they are technically impressive but manage to be artistically mundane.

[@CreateArtRecords]

I like one universe at one time..but sounds somehow new.

[@SuperWestGhost]

I wish Rick was my dad. By far the best resource for musical education and understanding on KZbin. Many thanks!

[@lundsweden]

You want Rick to be your Dad?! What, do you think you're in heaven already?!

[@tonyedwards4067]

just pretend he is!

[@gannon1074]

This video has been a massive leap for me, it's put what little I already know into perspective for me. At first I questioned what's the point in analysing modal changes this deep, "if all of it is pretty much in the same key regardless" as the ignorance of me would say. But now I understand why it's so helpful to do so, the way this video presented the tension and release of modes surrounding a chord connected pathways in my brain haha. I always knew following the pentatonic generally gives good results, but I just needed a video like this. There'll be more musical revelations in store for me I'm sure, thanks!

[@MattGalter]

Yeah, really is like opening a door to a whole new musical world

[@JamesWatsonComposer]

So I'd always just simply thought "oh altered dominants, that's a jazz sound" but never realized they were also part of a series of modes. I just realized John Williams does this a lot before a resolution. Thanks for this video Rick!

[@dmt340]

Rick, I said it before and il say it again! your the man, master of music! when cycling through the chords a 5.30 cracked me up and reminded of David Blaine street magic - with the faces and looking at the camera after each chord/trick! love all your videos I watch them over and over!

[@NahreSol]

!!!!!! SOO GOOD

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Yooooo hello nahre 🙂

[@Convisis]

Wonderful Rick. The most exciting aspect for me is how you put the sounds together in a practical and useable way, for soloing and writing. As writers we all have our own melodic and harmonic devices but I feel you are able to present practical ways of achieving more complex and rich sounds. I look forward to seeing where you take us 👍🏻

[@RickBeato]

Thanks so much Convisis! I have many more coming!! Best, Rick

[@chrisevanz]

Congratulations on a beautifully presented lesson. Very easy to understand and with very practical and musical examples. I felt that I could go straight to the piano and compose.

[@MattGalter]

I actually did just that! Great stuff

[@jaretthale2186]

Rick, you are great!! Your lessons are really insightful and well communicated, A big thank you from Canada!

[@cornbobrimlove7892]

You amaze me with your knowledge Rick......

[@jont8161]

This is pure gold! Thanks for sharing that knowledge Rick I hugely appreciate it.

[@KrayFish4Ever]

I've been dying to hear/see you speak on this! It was a drastic eye-opening concept in college! Thanks so much for your great work!

[@AbrahamNixons]

7:22 that's a real nice buildup!

[@zyrrre]

Man I wanted a lesson like this for years!! Thank you so MUCH

[@janivelic2316]

space shuttle! Thank you Mr. Rick!

[@RemyLuciani]

Holy cow, all the colours I seek are hidden in modal mixtures on a dominant chord. Rick, thank you very very very much for this great lesson!

[@juanmaidana8185]

Great! Finally someone who talks about Mixolydian#11 instead of Lydian Dominant

[@westgatefilms]

This is the closest definition of modal magic I have seen. Its a big topic. More on this!!!

[@joelhoffman1764]

This is such a great channel. It’s what I always wanted the internet to be. Thanks Rick!

[@RickBeato]

+Joel Hoffman thank you Joel!

[@charlesreynolds2694]

Been thinking of these concepts a lot lately. Current student of Music Theory. Cleared up a lot of questions. Thanks!

[@SMart7751]

Good lesson. I know and understand the terms you use, but without being able to stop and ask you questions, I can’t grasp most of the overall concept. If I received this as in person instruction, I most likely would have no problem fully digesting it.

[@RotaryMotion]

You are the best music teacher i never had! Thanks for the work Rick!

[@AmagrasMUSIC]

Thank you Rick, you always remind me to do my homework. Please make one about negative harmony!

[@guillaume___crl]

Hi Mr. Beato, I'm discovering your channel which is amazing ! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us, music theory begin to make sense to me.

[@JerryCherryBand]

You are an inspiration. Been watching your vids for the last month. Great lessons. As far as this video, would've loved to hear you play all those model changes over the 2/5/1

[@achmedliebtachi]

true! and some kind of sheet music for those linear fast ones

[@chrisrobson2203]

I love this lesson! I bought Rick Beato's book from his website and these video lessons are great supplements to it! The pieces are falling into place nicely. Thank you Rick!!

[@jamiepastman5594]

this is wonderful stuff Rick. The only thing I don't quite agree with is to always move from less tension to more tension in mode choices as you build lines. I like it the other way round sometimes, it's like slowly pulling back a harmonic curtain to slowly reveal the harmonic "home" (least tension) last. Can be very effective if you trust your audiences ears (which could be a mistake , lol).

[@TheKeith1121]

That was awesome Mr. Beato , I needed that in my arsenal .. Much Thanks !

[@Taichientaoyin]

Learning every day a little. I keep watching.

[@billwilkie6211]

I can only imagine what would happen if Todd Rundgren got hold of these given what he did with Lydian. These lessons are gold, and i went to NEC like Rick.

[@carlotapuig]

God bless this man. This channel is so useful

[@FernandoCuadro]

This is THE VIDEO that get me to understand modes.

[@benjiusofficial]

I wish there was an app or program that could visualize all chordmodes in terms of brightness and darkness from a selected key and then you could choose another target and make a progression out of it.

[@ripwildy2022]

okay this was a legitimately mind-blowing concept!

[@AnthonyWoodruffe]

Those G Minor chords are beautiful.

[@BJM_Strength]

This connected alot of dots!! Thank you!

[@longfade]

Wow, great! One of my favorite passages is the last few minutes of Messiaen's 'Dieu parmi nous', where the chords step down over a pedal, increasing in tension, until they resolve in a 6 chord. I wonder if some the modal concepts you're presenting here weren't in play there. It's extremely dramatic.

[@davidsummerville351]

loved the modal mixtures! wonderful examples.

[@WillKriski]

Cool. I love using different superimposed structures on the guitar to get different color tones that don't fit one scale. Eg triads, 1235, pentatonics, m7, etc. I don't think in terms of modes for the most part but they quickly, verbally communicate what intervals are in the scale.

[@ChiliBass]

Fantastic lesson! Thank you Rick!

[@XasNitram]

it's clear, fresh, open & terriffic - thnx maestro

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This is pretty beautiful and very clear, thanks Rick!

[@jazzerson7087]

Great lesson, sorry, didn't see this one in older lessons, exactly what I was looking for.

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You’re AWESOME, Rick Beato! Thank you, sir. 🙂

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You are truly an inspiration. Thank you for your work!

[@rasyidsayyari8846]

thank you Rick Beato. It is very useful Lesson that we can use in composing music.

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Miles would be smiling if he is looking down on us!

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I was with you up until the part where you said hi my names Rick Beato and we’re gonna talk about modal mixture

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haha!

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u are amazing. Tnx a lot for sharing all this great information.

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Awesome! Just stumbled across this channel...and I see you've got a bunch of really great music theory videos. Excited to delve into it....think I'll have to subscribe. :)

[@southsilicondan1776]

Desperately needed hard work...Thanks...

[@uroko2993]

Heard a lot of this kind of changes in Kapustin's music, and it is probably a good way to play "outside".

[@ndwknss]

I knew some theory once. Then I watched Rick. I am a newb.

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Thank you!!!!!!! Well done..

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Amazing as always . Thank you🙏🏻

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A thumbs up button doesn't cut it for your vids Rick! KZbin needs a Love button!..... OH YEAH AND NEW ALGORITHMS!! LOL

[@circusboy90210]

I'm amazed at the amount of downward deterioration music is taking. it's all low information low energy common denominator now. you should have tens of millions of people wanting to learn about real music theory.

[@GeorgeSPAMTindle]

Circusboy, it has saddened me for a long time that many people who play an instrument don't want to learn any theory, yet they consider themselves to be musicians! This is especially true of guitar players. One thing that really gets me is when players say 'I don't need to know all that technical stuff, it might destroy my creativity'! Twats, arseholes, and wankers spring to mind. When Jimi Hendrix first had some commercial success one thing that he went and spent a lot of money on was music lessons with top session players, in order to learn music theory! None of the players that I have met who claimed that they don't need to learn any theory could play anything like Jimi Hendrix could. In fact, not many of them could play as well as they thought that they could.

[@user-np3mj3bf6f]

While I agree with your thoughts about people who refuse to learn theory because they think they are too good for it , I think it's silly to say someone who doesn't know theory isn't a "true musician." That's gatekeeping. There are a lot of people who know everything there is to know about western music theory who can't compose worth a damn. Theory is helpful, but it isn't everything.

[@GeorgeSPAMTindle]

I believe that until you start to at least mess around with a second instrument you won't be a musician. You might be a fine player of the piano, guitar, oboe, triangle, or whatever, but you won't be a musician until you try to get a tune out of a different instrument.

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shutup dude

[@LesterBrunt1983]

It is so sad how often I have heard musicians say "I don't like music theory, I think it hampers your creativity", even at the conservatory.

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Awesome video! Thanks Rick

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Thanks for posting.

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"This is all for now". Well thank you I feel useless enough already. :D

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You are one cool guy! I'm learning a lot here.

[@pwhi2251]

thanks for these lessons rick

[@woejinslow]

very interesting! great examples! i was hoping to hear you're interpretation of a ii V I though!

[@Thibster]

Brilliant!!!

[@GaZonk100]

you REALLY ARE a Professor!

[@edwardvivenzio5843]

Thanks Rick!

[@mdmsr2000]

This is the answer to my latest thing. I googled one chord songs. This can take it to the next level. Oh, my all time favorite one chord song is a silly one. Coconut by Nillson. C7

[@garynicolson9341]

Would be helpful to see the piano from above, do you think you could set something like this up? Cheers for the quality content!

[@wakingupfrom]

this is the greatest ever

[@___Mert___]

amazing man, thanks a lot!

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[@BobMazzo]

Hi Rick, it would be helpful to break down some of your chord changes in certain places. Like F Ionian chord vs Lydian voicing, etc.

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[@lukehunnable]

Thats why I watch him

[@devooski4751]

No wonder why it's important to follow chord progressions. Playing lead like this in a band would add a lot of colour and sweet ideas. (meaning using modes over a chord.)

[@unknownfilmmaker777]

What’s the video where you play back and original piano piece you wrote along with images, like a soumdtrack, showcasing key changes and polymodal ideas, if I recall.

[@TheDeuceofSpades]

I really enjoyed this.

[@WILLIAMTHOMASFARRELL]

Modes are like on the fly tension notes to be resolved by the chord.

[@debaser1042]

I understand the concept of modes and how to get their unique sound. But how are the chords you played related to one another? What do C lydian F mixolydian, G phrygian and B Dorian, etc. have in common? We can substitute any mode over each minor or major chord in a scale, but are these changes in a scale or is it just chromatic movement? My understanding is that, in a I IV V in C, you could play a C Lydian over I, F Mixolydian over IV, and G Ionian over V. But the example doesn't restrict itself to 1 key.

[@edthesaxplayer8450]

enjoyed this thanks

[@DaveSolazzo]

loved it! thanks!

[@MarsziParszi]

I love the intro theme xD

[@Koettnylle]

This is very interesting! Question for Rick and everyone: If i wanted to incorporate modal mixture with root note progressions, how would you advice me to compose the root note movement? If i understand this right, modal mixture would be feasible to apply to both diatonic chord progressions or modal chord progressions, no? Opinions?

[@PedroMirandaGuitar]

Incredible Stuff!

[@1cenobite]

3:20 F lydian augmented = main theme from Running Man .

[@evolutiom]

This is great stuff

[@yohananitasusanti835]

thank you so much .

[@PennyDreadful1]

Whenever he plays fast passages it's like I'm holding down an arpeggiator on my midi keyboard. His rhythms are so precise I think he's secretly a cyborg.

[@ayanbhuyan9922]

your channel is a gold mine.. i don know much of music theory. What exercises do you suggest to memorize the and apply the modes. I get lost the moment i start... also i want a guitar solo to go from a Dmajor to D minor chord. what progression do u suggest?

[@MattGalter]

For those serious about learning this stuff, it absolutely is a gold mine

[@SyafiZainuri]

i love this channel

[@senseimoon4853]

This is fantastic!!!! Can't wait to compose using your ideas. Can you tell me what a "dom dim" chord is. When you listed altered chords, did you mean ex. b5? Loving all of your videos. Thanks so much.

[@Ex-fk4nr]

Would Be nice if u would explain music theory on daw`s piano roll this way everyone would undestand more ,,,,thank you...

[@joehernandez5600]

Rick, any chance you can post a transcription of the linear study over the C7 chord? I loved that line. Thanks.